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The $170 Mistake
Unfortunately I won’t hear that song or any of the others on tonight’s setlist. Tonight Dave Matthews stepped onto the stage at Toyota Pavilion in Scranton, PA and I had two tickets for it, tickets that sit on my desk here in Arlington as I write this. A reminder of a the stresses in my life and its consequences. Two months ago I had tickets for a DMB show in Bristow, but I had to sell the tickets and instead go to my sister’s engagement party. I still wanted to go to a DMB show this summer so I looked at the tour calendar for another date where they would be remotely close. I circled the September stop in Scranton and figured it was within driving distance and it would be a good excuse to get out of town for a couple of days. Then life got busy. I couldn’t find anyone else to go on this trip with me. Between work and the musical, I’ve been working 13 hours days since August which has left me little time to even think about the concert until it was too late. Without a travel companion I thought about selling the tickets, but doing so was harder than I thought. The show didn’t sell out and a Wednesday night show in the middle of nowhere PA didn’t make my tickets a hot buy. Craigslist was already flooded with tickets and I couldn’t sell the tickets even despite offering them way below face value. I contemplated just going by myself to the show- something I’ve done before, however I crunched some numbers: If I didn’t go to the show I’d stand to lose the $170 I spent on the tickets. If I went to the show and not manage to sell off the other ticket, it would only be a $85 loss. However since Scranton is 4 hours away I’d have to stay the night at some motel, which would cost me an additional $60-$70. Also my car was fresh from a trip to Pittsburgh the past weekend, and has developed several noises and problems that made me nervous about taking the car on another long trip. Knowing my car is a piece of shit, I wouldn’t of wanted to take that risk. The cost of renting a car for a day would of been another $60. So if I didn’t manage to sell the tickets I’d be out $170. If I ended up going by myself I would be out $205, plus all the time I’d have to take on Wednesday and Thursday. Is seeing DMB worth all that time and money? I’ve been to concerts where I spent more than that. However I’m found myself drained mentally and physically to really want to go through with it. So here I am at 3 AM, tired and angry at myself. I’m not really angry about the money- I bought the tickets so long ago that the financial loss doesn’t really register. I’m angry at something else about this whole ordeal, but that’s the subject of another blog post. Related posts: 17 comments to The $170 Mistake |
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Hate when that happens!
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Patrick
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September 24th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Ya me too.
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I’ve had to back out of a bunch of concerts. The worst part is that it’s not usually because something else awesome has come along instead.
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Patrick
Twitter: dmbosstone
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September 24th, 2009 at 9:27 am
What is it usually then?
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f.B Reply:
September 25th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Usually it’s because something boring/weak/lame/unfortunate has taken control of my calendar.
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Patrick
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September 26th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Which is pretty much what happened here.
Man that sucks…it was probably a lame-o show anyway. What band on the face of the earth could get themselves all jacked up for a show in Scranton?
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Patrick
Twitter: dmbosstone
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September 24th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
It was an ok setlist- nothing shocking.
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I’m sorry…not a fun situation at all.
Hope everything’s okay (or will be) in regards to the “something else.”
.-= Liebchen´s last blog ..“Since you’re behind, how’s mine?”* =-.
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Patrick
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September 24th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
We’ll see.
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That’s so miserable. I had to miss out on quite a few concerts because of a lack of an interested party to come with me.
.-= Lauren´s last blog ..And Fall Begins =-.
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Patrick
Twitter: dmbosstone
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September 26th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Also what happened here but that’s the topic of another post…
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Twitter: Livitluvit
Who wouldn’t want to go to Scranton?! Dunder Mifflin what what!
.-= LiLu´s last blog ..Seriously, Firefly… I Think You Owe Me Some Money By Now. =-.
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Patrick
Twitter: dmbosstone
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September 27th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
That was half the reason I thought it was cool!
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